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HEAD OF THE CLASS: Principal Josh Klaris addresses kids at DREAM Charter School in Harlem.Robert Kalfus

With more than 99 percent of our families’ students expressing satisfaction with their school as well as with the opportunities provided to be “involved in [their] child’s education”; a student lottery swollen with 500 students for our 50 kindergarten slots; and 25 percent of our students classified as English-language learners or special education, it would be hard to argue against the fact that DREAM Charter School, where I am the principal, is succeeding on behalf of the 150 students and their families who call this school their second home.

Yet, if the New York state Assembly had its way, we might have never existed in the first place.

See, the New York City Department of Education gave us our charter in 2008. And we’re not alone. The DOE has granted charters to some of the most successful charter schools in the entirety of New York state.

Yet, under a bill put up for consideration by the Assembly, the DOE would no longer be able to offer charters to the myriad school leaders who are today eager to join a reform movement that is showing results.

Worse, the Assembly bill would largely strip SUNY, nationally recognized as a leading authorizer of charters, of its ability to independently grant charters, and give the State Board of Regents broad new powers over charter schools across the state.

Never mind that schools receiving charters from SUNY have vastly outperformed schools receiving charters from the Board of Regents, this bill would essentially move full control over charter schools into the hands of Albany legislators who control the Board of Regents and many of whom think charters should be eliminated altogether.

The last thing we need in education is another level of anti-reform bureaucracy getting in the way of giving students — many of whom have for decades been given the short end of the education stick in our city — every opportunity to achieve.

President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have laid down the gauntlet by offering states valuable education dollars — up to $700 million per state — in return for instituting reforms that will bolster student achievement.

And they both recognize that charter schools are part and parcel of overall reform efforts.

If the Assembly thinks that hindering SUNY’s charter-authorizing abilities and eliminating the DOE’s altogether is a way to strengthen New York’s chances at these dollars — particularly precious dollars given the sorry condition of our state’s finances — then they need a lesson on what reform really means.

I’m proud of the work that the students, families and teachers at DREAM have done, and I hope more students will be offered the chance to reach these same heights.

The bill in the Assembly would help guarantee that the exact opposite would occur.

Josh Klaris is a former public- school principal and current principal of the DREAM Charter School in Harlem.